Psychology Test 11/17 Flashcards
when we first develop and demonstrate the conditioned response
acquisition
an example of aquisition
the first time a dog drools to only the ringing of the bell
learning through instinctual association (no conscious decisions)
classical conditioning
the natural response
unconditioned response
what made the subject have a natural response
unconditioned stimuli
the thing that gets no response
neutral stimulus
combining the unconditioned stimulus with the neutral stimulus so there is an unconditioned response
during conditioning
the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus which causes there to be a conditioned response
after conditioning
when we spread the conditioned stimulus to also demonstrate the conditioned response for separate, but similar stimuli
generalization
an example of generalization
the dogs drooling at wind chimes outside after conditioning
when we are able to differentiate between the conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli
discrimination
an example of discrimination
the dogs knowing the difference between the high pitched bell and the doorbell, so they do not drool at the doorbell
when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus so that the conditioned response stops
extinction
an example of extinction
if Pavlov were to ring the bell a lot over time but never gives the dog food, so the dog stops drooling at the bell
when you pick up a response later on that was thought to be extinct
spontaneous recovery
a type of treatment/medicine to get someone to stop doing something physically, but it doesn’t stop it mentally
aversion conditioning/therapy
an example of aversion therapy
a type of medicine was given to alcoholics so whenever they smelled/consumed alcohol, their body would throw everything up, but their addiction mentally never went away
how prepared are you to build an association biologically
biological preparedness
learning through punishments/rewards
operant conditioning
an example of operant conditioning
the “skinner box” that rewarded mice whenever they pulled a lever and shocked them when they didn’t, so Skinner hoped that the mouse would keep pulling the lever for the reward and to avoid the shock
increasing the rate that the behavior occurs
reinforcing
decreasing the rate that the behavior occurs
punishing
adding something to increase the behavior
positive reinforcement
taking away something to increase behavior
negative reinforcement
adding something to decrease behavior
positive punishment
taking away something to decrease behavior
negative punishment
the best way to increase or decrease the rate of behavior
immediate reinforcement/punishment
learning through observation
social learning
an example of social learning
someone modeled a behavior in front of a kid by beating a doll across the room, and after putting the kid in the same room with the doll afterwards, the kid beat the doll almost the exact way the model did
learning to “self-regulate”
Bio-feedback
an example of bio-feedback
if your heart rate increases, then you would take deep breaths to calm your heart down
